A/HRC/35/23/Add.1 (b) Ensure that the National Human Rights Commission develops more effective and creative approaches to its work on right-to-life issues, for example, through the provision of protective measures; (c) Continue and strengthen the role of the national preventive mechanism, for example, by ensuring it receives adequate support and resources and can function without interference; (d) Ensure the effective implementation of the system to monitor the implementation of recommendations on human rights. 117. With respect to the protection of affected groups, the Special Rapporteur recommends that the Government: (a) Ensure as a matter of priority that the policy framework for the implementation of the Law for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, Journalists, Social Communicators and Justice Operators is completed and implemented; also ensure that the national protection system is adequately staffed and funded and that clear protocols are put in place to evaluate its performance and improve its response to situations of risk; and raise awareness about the existence of the mechanism, especially at the local level; (b) Instruct the relevant entities, for example, the national protection system, to respond promptly and effectively to the precautionary measures granted by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights; (c) Take appropriate measures to protect the right to life of children, particularly during protests, arrests and raids, and establish regulations for the armed forces, police and judiciary on how to ensure the rights of children during the investigation of homicides; (d) Train the police and judicial authorities on gender-identity and sexualorientation awareness; ensure protective and precautionary measures for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons; and encourage societal tolerance; (e) Create a safe corridor for migrants in transit, including better protection while in transit, strengthen cooperation between State bodies and community organizations that provide humanitarian assistance to migrants, provide adequate redress to victims of violence committed in the country and also provide adequate consular services abroad; (f) Strengthen cross-border cooperation with countries in the region, with a view to reducing the incidence of trafficking in persons; (g) Coordinate with countries in the region to establish shared databases on fingerprints, DNA, genetics and missing persons; (h) Ensure full family and community reintegration of returning migrants and design strategies that address the structural factors leading to the forced migration of persons. 118. With respect to accountability for human rights violations, the Special Rapporteur recommends that the Government: (a) Ensure the full, prompt, effective, impartial and diligent investigation of homicides perpetrated against human rights defenders, justice operators, indigenous people, journalists, land rights defenders, women, migrants, children, inmates and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons; and also ensure the effective prosecution and conviction of the perpetrators and masterminds of those homicides; (b) Instruct prosecutors to complement individual investigations with searches for broader patterns or other common factors that could help in investigating crimes and in identifying the perpetrators and masterminds of the above-mentioned homicides; (c) Ensure that sufficient funding to the Public Prosecutor’s Office, in particular the Technical Agency of Criminal Investigation, to guarantee the continued 21

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